garage door opener light socket substitue Chaberlain Liftmaster

I replace the plastic light sockets with porcelain sockets. Original plastic sockets blink and eventually stop working. Video shows how I replaced the original sockets with a different sockets in my Liftmaster model 3585.

[@ethanhart3579]

great tutorial. I'm planning to pop off the original bulb socket and then extending the wires to a ceiling light that will be controlled by the garage door opener.

[@diywithdave3186]

Thanks for the feedback and for sharing your idea.

[@frankslater6018]

It works for me. I had all the parts except the male adapter which was .92 at Home Depot. Thanks!

[@diywithdave3186]

Thanks for the comment, glad it helped.

[@flem1064]

This was my exact problem, thank you!!!

[@jimpie231]

I never cared much for the bulbs behind the covers, they don’t give you much light. On my new Liftmaster 8550, I took out the bulbs and on one side I put in an old fashioned adapter to convert to a plug. I then mounted a porcelain basement/ garage fixture ($1 type, some now are plastic) to a metal octagonal box mounted above the opener, on the holding straps. I ran a 2 wire cord to the plug in the opener. I then screwed in a 9watt LED, incandescent bulbs heat up LED’s do not. This has been operating for about 1 1/2 years with no opener, nor remote control problems. The light is about 15” above the opener so there is plenty f light that is needed to walk in the garage at night. Thanks....Jim
PS......for working on my car or other garage projects I have specific task lights, that give me more light as needed, also LED.

[@diywithdave3186]

Thanks for sharing that.

[@shelbybaddog2559]

The question is how do they make such a simple part fail within 2 years !!! So much engineering involved to make it fail in a given amount time to keep buying the part that only they sell. Love to see home shop fixes that take care of this type engineering.

[@diywithdave3186]

Thanks for your comment.

[@user-uh1il9kj4e]

It whould have been helpful to see how you remover the fixture from the housing on the moter

[@diywithdave3186]

Thanks for your comment. This was a case where I decided to make the video after I had already started to take it apart.

[@polarlab113]

What a Mickey Mouse way to fix that.why not put the correct one and forget the light from heaven.and you have compromised the entire fixture.satisfying as it may be

[@diywithdave3186]

My fix has lasted longer than the lights on the brand new unit did, Mickey Mouse or not.

[@mattpomante7250]

You spent more time and money rigging it instead of spending the $6.00 for the actual replacement.

[@diywithdave3186]

That's fair. I had just read complaints online about the poor design and was not really interested in having to replace the part again in the future. So maybe it was overkill, but I haven't had any problems with my rework.

[@cl5935]

@@diywithdave3186 Having same issue. Very frustrating and I am certainly not as well versed as you to do this, so I live with a dark garage. >:(

[@diywithdave3186]

@@cl5935 thanks for your comment. I didn't start out knowing how to fix things, I just started with small things and worked my way up. I made a few mistakes along the way but in the long run I save a lot of money doing it myself.

[@xHadesStamps]

Honestly, those plastic light sockets are the worst design I've ever seen. The hot tongue is completely horizontal, and has a huge air gap behind it. That's going to arc! Before I even installed the sockets last time I replaced, them I put a shim behind the tongue in each one.

[@United_HVAC_and_Fans]

What a work of crap. To lazy to go online and be patient to wait for replacement sockets I see. You spent more time working on this then easly having to pop in a new replacement.

[@diywithdave3186]

Thanks for your comment.